William yebdon



(N0 ModeL) WITNESSES W. YERDON.

BAG HOLDER.

Patented Mar. 31, 1885.

INVENTOB,

BY $46M? ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM YERDON, OF FORT PLAIN, NEW YORK.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,770, dated March 31, 1885.

Application filed J one 6, 1884.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM YERDON, a citizen of .the United States, residing at Fort Plain, in the county of Montgomery and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bag-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement on that shown and described in Letters Patent N 0. 224,318, granted to me February 10, 1880, to which reference is hereby made for a more particular description of the devices described therein. In said patent I describe and show a standard having an arm vertically adjustable thereon, the outer end of said arm being bent downward and having an annular spring attached thereto, said spring being open on the opposite side to allow resilient action, and provided with external points which catch into the bag at or near its month.

My present improvement consists, chiefly, in the peculiar construction of the arm, which is bent inward as well as downward, and its combination with the barbless annular spring or bag-holding ring and the standard on which said arm is adjustable, substantially as set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation ofa bag-holder embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the same.

A designates a vertical standard, which is strengthened by an arched brace, B, the middle part of the latter being bolted to it by bolt b and nut 12, and the standard and brace being detachably fastened to the floor by screws b.

O designates an arm, which is provided at its rear end with an eye, 0, that fits upon said standard, and a clamping -sorew working through the side ofsaid eye against said standard, whereby said arm may be held in any position of vertical adjustment. To the other end of said arm is attached an annular spring, D, having its opposite end open to allow resilient action, and smooth on its exterior as well as its interior.

holding-ring D is adapted to pass, when slight- 1y compressed, into the mouth of a bag, and

This annular spring or (No model.)

then by. springing outward behind or below said mouth to hold said bag suspended with the mouth open. Hitherto, however-that is, prior to my present invention1 have found it necessary to make use of points or barbs on this ring or spring to hold the bag securely, inasmuch as the downwardly-bent outer end of the arm 0 offered no hold for the bag. To obviate this necessity and simplify the machine, I have therefore bent the outer end of said arm inward at its lower end, as shown at E, Fig. 1; and as the ringD is secured to said arm at a point a little in advance of the extreme rearward tip of said bent end E the latter forms an extension, F, which catches under the bag and supports it. The bending of the arm 0 first downward and then inward gives its outer part almost a circular shape. This bent arm and its extension F hold the bag securely at the point nearest the standard A, where such aid is most desirable, the resil iency of the ring or annular spring having little effect there.

By dispensing with barbs and points I not only simplify the bagholder and cheapen its construction, but facilitate its removal when filled; The extension F, being blunt, will not catch into the fabric of the bag, and the other surfaces that come in contact with the latter are rounded. The absence of points also saves the bags from being perforated or torn.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The annular barbless spring D, in combination with the standard A and the arm 0, which is bent inward and provided with a rear extension, F, at its point of attachment to said spring, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WVILLIAM YERDON. 

